of warnings coming from sparse when checking the ARM perf_event.c files: | perf_event.c seems to also have problems too: | | CHECK arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c | arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c:37:1: warning: symbol 'pmu_lock' was not declared. Should it be static? | arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c:70:1: warning: symbol 'cpu_hw_events' was not declared. Should it be static? | arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c:1006:1: warning: symbol 'armv6pmu_enable_event' was not declared. Should it be static? | arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c:1113:1: warning: symbol 'armv6pmu_stop' was not declared. Should it be static? | arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c:1956:6: warning: symbol 'armv7pmu_enable_event' was not declared. Should it be static? | arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c:3072:14: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces) | arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c:3072:14: expected void const volatile [noderef] * | arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c:3072:14: got struct frame_tail *tail | arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c:3074:49: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different address spaces) | arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c:3074:49: expected void const [noderef] *from | arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c:3074:49: got struct frame_tail *tail This patch resolves these issues so we can live in silence again. Reported-by: Russell King Signed-off-by: Will Deacon Signed-off-by: Russell King